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Triatoma dispar
Triatoma dispar
Assassin Bug
Photographer: William Flaxington

ID: 0000 0000 0314 1288 (2014-03-11)

Copyright © 2014 William Flaxington

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Dec 5, 2006
  • location   Inside cabin at Rara Avis Rainforest Reserve (Heredia, Costa Rica)
  • family Reduviidae
  • order Hemiptera
  • class Insecta
  • notes   This particular individual was found inside our cabin during a stormy night.
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Assassin Bug
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  • Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
    1. Reviewed by CalPhotos Staff    Apr 21, 2014

    Action: changed name from "Rhodnius prolixus" to "Triatoma dispar "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Email from Jose M. Ayala L. (jmal1942@gmail.com): "I have more than 50 years studying Triatominae. It is not a Rhodnius prolixus. It is Triatoma dispar Lent, 1950.""

     
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